Oil-can



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OIL CAN.

1%. 585,499. Patented June 29, 1897.

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WILLIAM BELL, OF BAY SIDE, NEW YORK.

OIL-CAN.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,499, dated June 29,1897.

Application filed January 22, 1897. Serial No. 620,200. (No model.)

'is enabled to at once see when the fountain is filled to the properlevel and at the same time the flow of the oil from the can to thefountain is stopped to avoid overflow.

The invention consists principally of a closed vessel adapted to containa liquid and a vent-pipe made in sections, of which one extends from theoil-can nozzle into the said closed vessel below the level of the liquidtherein and the other section of the vent-pipe connects the top of thevessel with the interior of the oil-can.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2 isa similar view of the same as applied and with the fountain filled tothe proper level.

The oil-can A is provided with the usual nozzle B, from the end of whichextends the section 0 of the vent-pipe O, which has another section Copening into the interior of the oil-can A at the dome A thereof, asindicated in the drawings. The inner end of vent-pipe section 0 is bentdownward and extends into a closed vessel D, preferably made of glass orother transparent material,

' and fastened to the dome A of the oil-can,

as indicated in the drawings. The lower end of the vent-pipe section 0extends into a liquid E, partly filling the closed vessel D, and theouter end of the vent-pipe section 0 opens into the top of the saidvessel, but does not extend into the liquid contained therein. Theoil-can A is provided with the usual fillingaperture, having the cap F,and a similar cap F is arranged on the vessel D, covering an opening forpartly filling the same with the liquid E, as before explained.

passing through the vent-pipe section 0 and through the liquid E, torise therein and form bubbles in the vessel D, and to finally passthrough the section 0 into the interior of the can A to insure a properfiow of the oil from the can A through its nozzle B. Now when thefountain G is filled up to the proper level then the oil closes theouter end of the ventpipe section 0 and partly fills the same, so thatthe air cannot pass through the ventpipe 0 and to the liquid E, andconsequently no bubbles are formed, thereby telling the operator thatthe fountain is filled to the proper level. As no air can pass into theoilcan A after the outer end of the vent-pipe O is shut off by theliquid in the fountain it is evident that the flow of the oil from thecan to the fountain G is stopped. The vessel D may be placed in aslanting position to prevent any possible outfiow of the liquid Ethrough the pipe 0 in case the oil-can is tilted to a considerableextent.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. An oil-can provided with a closed vesseladapted to contain a liquid, and a vent-pipe made in sections, of whichone extends with one end to the oil-can nozzle, and with its other endpasses into the liquid contained in the said vessel, the other sectionof the ventpipe in the top of the vessel to the interior of the oil-can,substantially as shown and described.

2. An oil-can provided with a vessel made of a transparent material andsecured to the top of the can, said vessel containing a liquid, and avent-pipe made in sections, of which one connects the interior of theoil-can with the top of the said vessel, and the other section extendsfrom near the bottom of the said vessel to the end of the nozzle of theoil can, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM BELL.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. Hos'rnn, .JNO. M. BITTER.

